Hopelessness and Smoking among Black Adults

Table 3.

Results of Model 3

  Odds ratio std. err. [95% conf. interval] P>t


Hope 0.969 0.013 0.943 0.995 0.020

Lifetime Depressive Episode (DSM) 1.635 0.171 1.326 2.017 < 0.001

Income to Poverty Ratio 0.976 0.018 0.941 1.013 0.197

Married 1.182 0.122 0.961 1.454 0.112

Unemployed 1.411 0.201 1.060 1.878 0.019

Male 1.911 0.178 1.586 2.303 < 0.001

Age 1.026 0.003 1.020 1.032 < 0.001

Educational Attainment (Years of Schooling) 0.951 0.022 0.907 0.996 0.035

Ethnicity

African American 2.157 0.559 1.283 3.627 0.004

Intercept 0.128 0.051 0.057 0.286 < 0.001

Source: NSAL: Sample: Black People, Outcome: Ever Smoking; Model 3 controlled for demographic factors, SES indicators, and MDE (DSM_MDE)